Mongoose, yours was made in the first two months of 1950, with 100,000 made that year.
From 1894 to 1963, the 100,000 production mark was made 5 times.
1915 with 102,906
1948 with 147,934
1949 with 100,000
1950 with 100,000
1951 with 115,000
1943 was the only year none were made, and 1944 only 13 were made.
Total produced from 1894 to 1963, was 2,600,000 rifles.

The first was the one I shot in high school 63-66 (imagine a RIFLE club in high school?) and I picked up the second one (the older one) when I was shooting a lot of gallery/league matches. I have a scope on it and shot it in the optics league and used the other one for iron sights. Both still drive tacks! Paid $120 for the first one and $185 for the second. The model 70 ($225 in 1969) was my high-power NMC rifle until the Army have me a NM M14 and free ammo!

The first was the one I shot in high school 63-66 (imagine a RIFLE club in high school?) and I picked up the second one (the older one) when I was shooting a lot of gallery/league matches. I have a scope on it and shot it in the optics league and used the other one for iron sights. Both still drive tacks! Paid $120 for the first one and $185 for the second. The model 70 ($225 in 1969) was my high-power NMC rifle until the Army have me a NM M14 and free ammo!

Obama ended the gun control debate when he decided to arm the Syrian rebels with fully automatic machine guns and rocket launchers. He proved people need guns to protect themselves from tyranny. Did he give the rebels background checks before giving them real assault weapons?